David Poile has said that he's never trading Shea Weber, it would just be dumb to do so.

One of the only D-men in the league currently you could build a team around. Flyers thought they had him by playing the money game, and they failed. Gotta give up on that. I feel like they'll overpay a free agent or two now.

One of the only D-men in the league currently you could build a team around. Flyers thought they had him by playing the money game, and they failed. Gotta give up on that. I feel like they'll overpay a free agent or two now.

One of the only? There's plenty of defenseman out there that could be focal building points

Hextall is asserting that he's the GM. This is a king of the jungle type move to send a message to the locker room and put others on notice aside from just the financials in the long term. Short term I don't think this makes the Flyers better, just different as Paul Holmgren used to say after making his annual shakeup trades.

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Flyers ditch two years of Hartnell's contract though. Saves them some money and cap space in the future.

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I mean sure, but in the meantime Umberger is a much worse player. Yeah, the Flyers would probably have to buy out Hartnell eventually, but they have to buy out Umberger probably too. It seems like a baby and bathwater type maneuver.

Hextall is asserting that he's the GM. This is a king of the jungle type move to send a message to the locker room and put others on notice aside from just the financials in the long term. Short term I don't think this makes the Flyers better, just different as Paul Holmgren used to say after making his annual shakeup trades.

Stupid.... Not you, but Hextall. Getting rid of Richards/Carter was a king of the jungle move and look how that panned out. Now they get rid of arguably their #2 leader... again...